Francesco Aloia (1999) was born in Naples and witnessed the start of the new millennium from Marano, deep in the outskirts of the city. At eighteen, he moved to Turin to study at Scuola Holden, where he practised all kinds of writing and worked as a tutor. In 2024, he published his first novel, Questo sangue masticato (Nutrimenti Edizioni), a work of creative nonfiction that lies somewhere between a personal investigation, a gangster story, and a family novel. He currently lives in Turin, where he writes, works as a consultant for a literary agency, and develops new projects.